Vietnam was not a major issue yet when President John F. Kennedy took office in 1961. ... Soon after this, in the same year, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while he was riding through the streets of Dallas, Texas. After President Kennedy died, his Vice President Lyndon B. ...
Australia at Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. The means by which they sought to achieve these goals ranged from peaceful negotiation to armed insurrection and protracted revolutionary warfare. The independence movements were likewise diverse. They were not all communist, although communists actively involved themselves in most of the "wars of liberation", forming blocs within other movements where they did not have the strength to stand alone. S...
